Yield Quotes

688 quotes by 513 authors

The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise, it can be experienced. — Calvin Coolidge
The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and achievement. — Joseph Campbell
The artist yields often to the stimuli of materials that will transmit his spirit. — Odilon Redon
Wherever I go I need a period of incubation so that I may learn the essence of nature, which never wishes to be understood or… — Paul Gauguin
To live beneath sorrow, one must yield to it. — Madame de Stael
Woman's happiness consists in obeying; she objects to a man who yields too much. — Jules Michelet
To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of the Church. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
This war in Vietnam is, I believe, a war for civilization. Certainly it is not a war of our seeking. It is a war thrust… — Francis Spellman
To get the most out of your life, plant in your mind seeds of constructive power that will yield fruitful results. — Grenville Kleiser
Structure ignites spontaneity. Limits yield intensity. When we play... by our self-chosen rules, we find that containment of strength amplifies strength. — Stephen Nachmanovitch
Much faith will yield unto us here our heaven, but any faith, if true, will yield us heaven hereafter. — Thomas Brooks
Rules and particular inferences alike are justified by being brought into agreement with each other. A rule is amended if it yields an inference we… — Nelson Goodman
It is clear that no one will achieve any kind of objective through the force of violence, and that no one will make Spaniards yield… — Jose Maria Aznar
The avaricious man is like the barren sandy ground of the desert which sucks in all the rain and dew with greediness, but yields no… — Zeno of Elea
You can stick with a few clear-cut values, which are stronger than a multitude of values and will obviously yield a stronger painting. But not… — Richard Schmid
I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them. It did me little good to be holding… — Napoleon Bonaparte
We are consuming our forests three times faster than they are being reproduced. Some of the richest timber lands of this continent have already been… — Theodore Roosevelt
The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on those conditions. On… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Public opinion is a mysterious and invisible power, to which everything must yield. There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet capricious… — Napoleon Bonaparte
To suggest we are on the edge of defeat is to yield to unreasonable pessimism. To say that we are mired in stalemate seems the… — Walter Cronkite

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